Alice Corkran | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 May 1843 |
| Died | 3 February 1916 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Irish[note 1][1] |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and editor |
| Years active | 1876–1912 |
| Known for | Writing and editing children's fiction |
| Notable work | Down the Snow Steps |
Alice Abigail Corkran was an Irish author of children's fiction and an editor of children's magazines. Born in France to Irish parents, she grew up in the stimulating environment of her mother's literary salon. She was a playmate of Robert Browning's ageing father, and still had his workbooks in her possession when she died. As well as writing a number of well received novels, she edited first the Bairn's Annual and then The Girl's Realm, being the founder of that magazine's Guild of Service and Good Fellowship, which maintained a cot at the Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, among other charitable works.
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